No need to drop any platform as long as there are contributors can provide enough support for it.
Every individual can have his or her own prefer. Sent from iPad 在 2012-6-18，下午8:42，Ji Yan <[email protected]> 写道： > So if there is any possibility to drag build machine OS back to an older > version, e.g. RHEL 5 or SLED 10? So that we could make AOO runs on RHEL 5 > or SLED 10 > > 2012/6/18 Herbert Duerr <[email protected]> > >> On 18.06.2012 10:37, Ji Yan wrote: >> >>> According to build guide[1], gcc 4.2.3 is the current reference compiler >>> which means Linux build should be compiled against RedHat Enterprise >>> Linux(RHEL) 6 or SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop(SLED) 11. So I'm wondering >>> if we should drop OS support for RHEL5 and SLED 10? >>> >>> The fact is that AOO 3.4 release build is unable to be launched in neither >>> RHEL5 nor SLED 10. Should we update system requirement and installation >>> guide? >>> >> >> In my opinion we should try to run on on RHEL5 or SLED10 unless there are >> new technical requirements which make running it not feasible anymore. >> AFAIK if we build the binaries on a suitable older platform (e.g. RHEL5 or >> Centos5 instead of e.g. Ubuntu 12.04) then the binaries should work almost >> anywhere as nowadays backward compatibility of Linux binaries is a widely >> shared goal. >> >> Herbert >> > > > > -- > > > Thanks & Best Regards, Yan Ji
